But there was nothing to impact, because the bees were inside the hive. They weren't working.
It doesn't matter how long the winter is as long as there's a food store for the bees to stay in there. The only thing you have to worry about is running out of food—and that you have a healthy queen. But all of a sudden the queens are not healthy.
I took some queens last year to an island, and got them mated on the island. The sperm viability in those queens off the island was 75%. All the other queens were 50%. That is 25% less sperm viability in the bees that are open-mated around the agricultural areas.
So there's something going on in the environment.